Improvement in cultivators



s. P. ETTR Wheel-Gultivator.

58,082. Patented sept. 1s, 1866.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGHAPHER. WASHINGTONy D C.

SAD/IL. I. ETTER, OF SCOTLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

5 Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,082, dated `September 1S, 1366.

- Improved Cultivator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact ldescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification.

The nature ot' this invention consists in so constructing a cultivator that by means of compound levers the plows may be shifted from side to side between the wheels, and by means of other levers the plows may be elevated out of the ground, so that the cultivator may be conveyed from place to place without the teeth or plows coming in contact with the ground.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my'invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional elevation from the line X. X, and Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the narrow plowshare. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ot' the same. Fig. 5 is afront elevation ofa plate to which the plows can be attached and turned to any desired angle. Fi gli is a side elevation of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer tolike parts in each of the gures.

A A represent two wheels, ot` ordinary con- 2 struction, that run on the axle B.

O C are two timbers framed into the front side of the axle B, and extend forward and relieve the crosspieces D and E.

F is also a piece that is secured to the axle, and extends forward and connects with the two pieces D and E.

` G G are two pendants, attached to the crosspiece D by Va pivot, and extending above and below the said cross-piece D. To thelower end of these pendants G are attached, by means of joints, the plow-beams H H, `which extend back Linder the axle and pass through pendant-guides J.- To these plowibeams H H are attached the plow-standards K, to which the plows L are secured. To the lower end of the pendants G are also connected braces M M, that extend back and connect to the axle.

N N are bars, connected by a joint to the upper ends of the pendants G, and extend back and connect with the pivoted pendantguides J J.

O is a timber, the front end of which is secured to the cross-piece D, and extends lback on an incline to the rear of the axle, and the drivel-s seat P is secured to the end of the said timber O. To this timber O is attached by a pivot-bolt the lever Q, at the front end of which is connected by a pivot-bolt another lever, It, that is also pivoted at S, and extends back to the drivers seat. At the rear end ot' the lever Q, is an iron plate, T, secured to the said lever Q, in the rear end of which is a series of holes for the purpose otl connecting it with the pendantguides J by means or' the rods U U.

W W are levers, connected by a pivot-bolt at a to the pendant-guides J. The rea-r end of the said lever W forms a treadle, while the front end is turned under the beam H, so that `it can be raised by means ofthe said lever W.

A2 are two braces, connected by a joint or hinge to the bolster AB2 and the pendantguides J.

G2 are the whiflletrees, thatare attached to the evener or double-tree in the ordinary manner, for the purpose of drawing the machine. F2 F2 are segments, secured to the pendants G, for thev purpose ot' securing the levers YV and beam H at any desired elevation.

H2, Fig. 3, is a narrow plow tooth or share,

that may he attached to the standard K in` place of plow L when the nature..ot` the work requires.

12 is a plate, that may also be attached to the standard L, for the purpose of turning the plows to any desired angle. J2 J2 are braces, that are attached to the standards K and beams H, for the purpose of while upon his seat, to elevate the plows from 2. The compound levers 'R and Q, rods U U, and plow-beams H H, in combination with the pendants G G and pendant-guides J J, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

SAMUEL P. ETTER.

lVitnesscs:

JAMESD. MAHAN, J. K. E'r'rER. 

